The journey of no return!

(Be sure to LISTEN to the Audio, as you READ the text below.)

Job 16:22, "Only a few years will pass, before I go on the journey of no return."
 

1. The CERTAINTY of Death.

Richard Baxter: 
"Every man knows he must die, yet few lay it to heart."

Thomas Goodwin: 
"If there is any truth that is undeniable, it is that you will die."

William Perkins: 
"As surely as a man was born--so surely must he die."

Thomas Watson: 
"The grave is the house appointed for all living."
 

2. The NEARNESS of Death.

Richard Baxter: 
"Our life is but a candle; God may blow it out when He pleases!"

John Owen: 
"The distance between us and death, is nothing but a breath."

William Perkins: 
"Consider that your time is short, and death is always at your heels."

Richard Sibbes: 
"We are but pilgrims, and every step brings us closer to our journey's end."

3. The UNCERTAINTY of Death.

Richard Baxter:
"We know not whether we shall live a day, an hour, or a moment!"

Jeremiah Burroughs:
"Death does not wait until you are ready; it often comes unlooked for."

Cotton Mather:
"Death may arrest you at any time, in any place, in any posture."

William Perkins:
"The time of death is hidden from us, that we may always be prepared."

Richard Sibbes:
"Death does not always give warning; it often surprises like a thief in the night."

 

4. The TERROR of Death for the ungodly.

Richard Baxter:
"Death will unclothe the lost sinner of all worldly comforts, and clothe him with everlasting terrors!"

Thomas Brooks:
"For the impenitent, death is the trap-door to Hell."

Richard Sibbes:
"Death to the ungodly, is the entrance into eternal horror."

Thomas Watson:
"Death to a wicked man is like Pharaoh's jailer, who was brought out of prison--only to the execution."

 

5. The BLESSEDNESS of Death for the Godly.

Richard Baxter:
"Death is but a release from the prison of the body, and the entrance into the palace of the King."

Jeremiah Burroughs:
"The believer goes to his Father's house, to dwell with Christ forever."

John Flavel:
"Death is a passage out of earth's storms, and into God's harbor."

John Owen:
"Death is but the passage into the glorious presence of Christ."

Richard Sibbes:
"Death is the best physician--it cures all diseases at once, sin included."

Thomas Watson:
"To the godly, death is the funeral of all sorrows."

 

Concluding exhortations

Richard Baxter:
"O sirs, you must shortly pass through death, appear in judgment, and enter upon eternity--where your state will be fixed forever!"

Thomas Brooks:
"Death will hurry you to judgment, and judgment will fix you in eternity--either in glory with Christ, or in torment without Him."

Cotton Mather:
"Death will soon summon you, judgment will soon sentence you, and eternity will soon swallow you."

John Owen:
"Death, judgment, and eternity are the three most weighty realities."

William Perkins:
"Let every man set before his eyes these three things:
   death which is at hand,
   judgment which will follow,
   and eternity which will never end."

Thomas Watson:
"Think often of death, judgment, and eternity. What are all the pleasures of sin, when weighed against the miseries of an eternal Hell?"
 

We highly encourage all to read Spurgeon's amazing sermon, "Our Last Journey".